1. Volume 30, Issue 1, Pages 56-66 (January 2009)
Fatal Hepatitis Mediated by Tumor Necrosis Factor TNFα Requires Caspase-8 and Involves the BH3-Only Proteins Bid and Bim 
Thomas Kaufmann, Philipp J. Jost, Marc Pellegrini, Hamsa Puthalakath, Raffi Gugasyan, Steve Gerondakis, Erika Cretney, Mark J. Smyth, John Silke, Razq Hakem, Philippe Bouillet, Tak W. Mak, Vishva M. Dixit, Andreas Strasser 
Immunity 
Volume 30, Issue 1, Pages (January 2009)
DOI: /j.immuni
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2. Figure 1
LPS+GalN-Induced Hepatitis Requires the Initiator Caspase, Caspase-8, Is Inhibited by a Pan-Caspase Inhibitor, and Involves Cleavage of the Proapoptotic BH3-Only Bcl-2 Family Member Bid
(A) Mice lacking caspase-8 in hepatocytes (albumin-Cre transgenic Casp8fl/fl) and littermate controls (albumin-Cre transgenic Casp8fl/wt mice) were injected with 100 ng LPS with the addition of 20 mg GalN. At the time when the control mice were terminally ill (∼8 hr), all animals were sacrificed and serum levels of the liver transaminases ALT and AST measured. Data shown represent means ± SD of three to five mice for each genotype.
(B) H&E-stained histological liver sections from mice treated as in (A). Pictures shown are representative of the analysis of at least three mice for each treatment and genotype.
(C) Nine mice of the indicated genotypes in each group were injected i.p. with LPS+GalN and followed over 72 hr after injection. p values were calculated with a time-to-event analysis with a log-rank test. No mortality was observed in mice of either genotype injected with 20 mg GalN alone (n = 3 per genotype).
(D) Three control WT mice and three WT mice pretreated with 20 mg/kg of the pan-caspase inhibitor Q-VD-oph (i.p. injection 30 min prior to treatment) were injected with 100 ng LPS with the addition of 20 mg GalN. All animals were sacrificed after 6 hr and serum levels of ALT and AST measured. Each circle represents measurements from an individual mouse. Horizontal bars indicate the mean.
(E) H&E-stained histological liver sections from the same mice treated in (D). Pictures shown are representative of the analysis of three mice for each treatment.
(F) WT mice were injected with 100 ng LPS with the addition of 20 mg GalN and sacrificed after the indicated time points. Processing of caspase-8, Bid, caspase-7, and β-actin (loading control) was examined by immunoblotting.
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3. Figure 2 Bid Contributes to LPS+GalN-Induced Hepatitis
(A) Bid-deficient mice and WT controls were injected i.p. with 10 ng of LPS+GalN (20 mg per mouse) or with GalN alone as control. Mice were sacrificed after 6 hr and bled, and serum ALT and AST levels were measured. Each circle represents measurements from an individual mouse (n indicates the numbers of mice analyzed for each condition of treatments). Horizontal bars indicate the mean.
(B) Bid-deficient mice and WT controls were injected i.p. with increasing doses (10, 100, and 1000 ng) of LPS, all in the presence of 20 mg GalN, and analyzed after 6 hr as in (A). Data are presented as means ± SD.
(C) Histological examination of H&E-stained liver sections of Bid−/− and WT mice subjected to the treatments indicated (scale bars represent 50 μm). Pictures shown are representative of the analysis of at least three mice for each treatment and genotype.
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4. Figure 3
Loss of Bim Cooperates with Loss of Bid to Protect Mice from LPS+GalN-Induced Hepatitis
(A) Mice of the indicated genotypes were injected with 100 ng LPS plus 20 mg GalN. At the time when the WT mice were sick (6 hr), all animals were sacrificed and serum levels of ALT and AST were measured. Each circle represents measurements from an individual mouse. Horizontal bars indicate the mean.
(B) Histological examination of H&E-stained liver sections of mice of the indicated genotypes injected 6 hr earlier with 100 ng LPS plus 20 mg GalN (scale bars represent 50 μm). Pictures shown are representative of the analysis of at least three mice for each treatment and genotype.
(C) Table summarizing the long-term (followed up to 5 days) survival of the indicated genotypes of mice treated with 10 ng or 100 ng LPS plus 20 mg GalN. Mice that did not survive this treatment all succumbed within 24 hr.
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5. Figure 4
Treatment with LPS+GalN Causes a Posttranslational Modification of Bim that Does Not Require Caspase-8 or Other Caspases
(A) Mice (WT), with or without pretreatment with 20 mg/kg of the pan-caspase inhibitor Q-VD-oph, were injected with LPS (100 ng) plus GalN (20 mg) and sacrificed 4 hr later. Total protein extracts from the livers of these animals were probed by immunoblotting for Bim, Caspase-8, Bid, Caspase-7, and active Caspase-3.
(B) Mice lacking caspase-8 in hepatocytes (C8: Albumin-Cre transgenic Casp8fl/fl) and littermate controls (Albumin-Cre transgenic Casp8fl/wt) were injected with 100 ng LPS plus 20 mg GalN and sacrificed after 4 hr. Total protein extracts derived from the livers of these animals were probed by immunoblotting for Bim or β-actin (loading control).
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6. Figure 5
Bim Is Phosphorylated by JNK Kinase in the Livers of Mice Injected with LPS+GalN
(A) WT mice were injected with LPS (100 ng) plus GalN (20 mg) and sacrificed at the time points indicated. Levels and posttranslational modifications of Bim were investigated in liver-derived total protein extracts by immunoblotting. Probing with an antibody to β-actin was used as a loading control.
(B) WT mice were injected with LPS (100 ng) plus GalN (20 mg) and sacrificed after 3 hr. Total protein extracts were prepared from the liver in the absence of phosphatase inhibitors and left untreated or treated in vitro with λ-phosphatase prior to analyzing Bim modifications by immunoblotting.
(C) Mice were treated with GalN (20 mg) alone (controls) or with LPS (100 ng) plus GalN (20 mg) and livers harvested after 4 hr. Protein extracts were prepared and then subjected to subcellular fractionation into the dynein enriched pellet fraction (P), containing BimEL/L sequestered to microtubules, and a soluble fraction (S) containing free cytosolic Bim. Fractions were analyzed by immunoblotting with antibodies to Bim or HSP70 (control for the purity of the fractions).
(D) Liver extracts from WT mice treated with 100 ng LPS plus 20 mg GalN for 4 hr were probed by immunoblotting with an antibody specific for phosphorylated (activated) JNK and the membrane reprobed with an antibody to total JNK (loading control).
(E) WT mice that had either been left untreated or pretreated for 30 min with the JNK inhibitory peptide D-JNKI1 (20 mg/kg, i.p.) were treated for 4 hr with either 20 mg GalN or with 100 ng LPS plus 20 mg GalN. Total liver extracts were probed by immunoblotting with antibodies to Bim (two blots from independent experiments shown), Bid, Mcl-1, and β-actin (loading control). Asterisks indicate nonspecific bands.
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7. Figure 6
Inhibition of JNK Enhances Resistance of Bid-Deficient Mice to LPS+GalN-Induced Hepatocyte Destruction
(A) Mice of the genotypes indicated were injected with JNK inhibitory peptide D-JNKI1 (30 mg/kg, i.p.) 30 min prior to treatment with 10 ng LPS+GalN and were then monitored for survival for up to 72 hr. Mice injected with LPS+GalN served as controls. We calculated p values with a time-to-event analysis using a log-rank test.
(B) Table summarizing the long-term (followed up to 3 days) survival of mice of the indicated genotypes treated with 10 ng LPS+GalN, with or without pretreatment with D-JNKI1. Mice that did not survive all succumbed to the treatment within 24 hr.
(C) Serum levels of ALT and AST in Bid−/− mice treated with 10 ng LPS plus 20 mg GalN, with or without pretreatment with D-JNKI1 (30 mg/ kg), were measured after 6 hr. p values were as follows: WT versus Bid−/−: p (ALT) = 0.09; p (AST) = Each circle represents an individual mouse. Horizontal bars indicate the means of 8–11 mice for each genotype and are derived from three independent experiments.
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8. Figure 7
Caspase-8 Is Essential and Bim a Contributor in ConA-Induced Hepatitis
(A) Mice lacking caspase-8 in hepatocytes (Albumin-Cre transgenic Casp8fl/fl) and littermate controls (Albumin-Cre transgenic Casp8fl/wt mice) were injected with 30 mg/kg ConA. At the time when the control mice were sick (8 hr), all animals were sacrificed and serum levels of ALT and AST were measured. Data shown represent means ± SD of three to five mice for each genotype and each treatment.
(B) H&E-stained histological liver sections from mice treated as in (A). Pictures shown are representative of the analysis of at least three mice for each treatment and genotype.
(C) Liver extracts from WT mice treated with 30 mg/kg ConA for 4 hr were probed by immunoblotting with antibodies specific for phosphorylated (activated) JNK or total JNK (loading control).
(D) WT mice were injected with ConA (30 mg/kg) and sacrificed at the time points indicated. Bim levels and possible posttranslational modifications were analyzed by immunoblotting of liver extracts as described in Figure 5A.
(E) WT mice were injected with 30 mg/kg ConA and sacrificed after 3 hr. Total protein extracts were prepared from the liver in the absence of phosphatase inhibitors and left untreated or treated in vitro with λ-phosphatase prior to analyzing Bim modifications by immunoblotting.
(F) WT mice, with or without pretreatment with 20 mg/kg of the pan-caspase inhibitor Q-VD-oph, were injected with ConA (30 mg/kg) and sacrificed 5 hr later. Total protein extracts from the livers of these animals were probed by immunoblotting for Bim.
(G) Mice of the genotypes indicated were injected with 30 mg/kg ConA. At the time when the WT mice were sick (6 hr), all animals were sacrificed and serum levels of ALT and AST were measured. Each circle represents measurements from an individual mouse. Horizontal bars indicate the mean.
(H) Histological examination of H&E-stained liver sections of mice of the indicated genotypes subjected for 6 hr to treatment with 30 mg/kg ConA (scale bars represent 50 μm). Pictures shown are representative of the analysis of at least three mice for each genotype.
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